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Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio at Blender Theater

by Mike Perciaccante
May 16, 2009

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio Blender Theater at The Gramercy New York, New York April 23, 2009 Lou Reed's 1975 release Metal Machine Music (RCA) was a complete departure from “Sally Can't Dance," “Sweet Jane," “Heroin," “Satellite Of Love" and “Walk On The Wild Side." The album was a ...

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Havard Wiik: Reinventing the Piano Jazz Trio in Ukraine

by Alex Martynov
May 16, 2009

Havard Wiik Trio Concert Hall of Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music Kyiv, Ukraine April 18, 2009 Havard Wiik, a pianist known for his own groups as well as for his work in Atomic, Free-Fall, and Motif, is the present and the future of the Norwegian jazz scene. A gifted ...

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Brad Mehldau at the Village Vanguard

by Eric Benson
May 15, 2009

Brad Mehldau Trio Village Vanguard New York, NY May 5 & 9, 2009 No major jazz artist of the last 25 years has been more closely associated with a single venue than pianist Brad Mehldau with the Village Vanguard. Of the 11 trio albums he's released since signing with Warner ...

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Live Latin Jazz From New York: The Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra, Emil

by Martin Longley
May 15, 2009

The Pedro Giraudo Jazz OrchestraJazz Standard April 21, 2009 The Argentinian bassist and composer Pedro Giraudo is throwing a two-night cd-release party for El Viaje, his fourth album. The first night's opening set has managed to cram the joint completely with a very attentive audience. Of course, they have to be attentive ...

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Emilio Santiago & Dori Caymmi at Birdland, NYC

by Ernest Barteldes
May 14, 2009

Emilio Santiago and Dori CaymmiBossa Brazil Festival, BirdlandNew York, New YorkApril 22, 2009 For the third consecutive year, New York's Birdland Jazz club opened its doors for the week-long Bossa Brazil Festival, which this time around featured Rio de Janeiro crooner Emilio Santiago, announced by producer Pat Phillips as the “Nat ...

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Live Minimalism From New York: Shoko Nagai/Satoshi Takeishi, Signal, Rhys Chatham, Terry Riley & Glenn Branca

by Martin Longley
May 14, 2009

Shoko Nagai & Satoshi TakeishiThe StoneApril 21, 2009 These Japanese New Yorkers are giving the second performance of Abysm (there was a gig at Roulette in February), an ambitiously intense sequence that revolves around “a tale of a floating world (Ukiyo)," which appears to be the duo's own private land of sonic fantasy. ...

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John McLaughlin/Chick Corea: Five Peace Band, Montreal, Canada, April 28, 2009

by John Kelman
May 13, 2009

John McLaughlin / Chick Corea Five Peace BandSalle Wilfred-Pelletier Montreal, Canada April 28, 2009 The chance to experience the evolution of a one-time group over the course of a single tour is a rare one. Even if a live album is released, it's more often than not recorded ...

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Don Byron Gospel Project

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 13, 2009

Milano, Blue Note, 09.05.2009 Una buona notizia: dopo un cartellone invernale decisamente incline al jazz commerciale, il Blue Note Milano torna ad ospitare musicisti di altissimo livello. Una cattiva notizia: l'affluenza di pubblico ai due set del Don Byron Gospel Project è stata modesta. Club mezzo vuoto, che anche il più inguaribile ottimista avrebbe faticato a ...

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First Northern California Jazz Musicians Healthcare Benefit Concert

by Bill Leikam
May 12, 2009

First Northern California Healthcare Benefit ConcertVelma's Jazz and Blues ClubSaf Francisco, CaliforniaApril 23, 2009 On April 23rd, 2009 at Velma's Jazz and Blues Club, in San Francisco, California jazz trumpeter Eddie Gale launched the First Northern California charity concert to support healthcare for jazz musicians through the California Jazz Foundation. The ...

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Archinritmo Festival

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 11, 2009

Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli - Cremona - 20.04-02.05.2009 L'Archinritmo Festival è uno di quei piccoli miracoli che a volte accadono nella sonnolenta provincia italiana. Lo storico Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli e l'associazione Ricreare Cremona incrociano quasi per caso le loro strade e da quel momento si scatenano molteplici sinergie che porteranno all'allestimento di una rassegna dedicata agli strumenti ...